The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 75
... remain a few elements actively opposed to the System that are intransigent and unassimilable . The student movement ... remains heavily protected by sunken fences , electronic detection devices and a large police contingent . All this ...
... remain a few elements actively opposed to the System that are intransigent and unassimilable . The student movement ... remains heavily protected by sunken fences , electronic detection devices and a large police contingent . All this ...
Page 236
... remains divorced from social reality . Abstract thought tends to be practised as an end in itself and is not allowed to determine the nature of human exchanges , while social inquiry remains an exercise for its own sake , utterly ...
... remains divorced from social reality . Abstract thought tends to be practised as an end in itself and is not allowed to determine the nature of human exchanges , while social inquiry remains an exercise for its own sake , utterly ...
Page 326
... remain so vague and since nothing is ever spelled out clearly - an ambiguity that remains a central attribute of the exercise of power in Japan . While the opposition wastes its energies on symbolic issues , socio - economic ...
... remain so vague and since nothing is ever spelled out clearly - an ambiguity that remains a central attribute of the exercise of power in Japan . While the opposition wastes its energies on symbolic issues , socio - economic ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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